Irish Examiner view: Let's not lose our heads over Covid frustrations

Ireland's slow vaccine rollout has led to some wild suggestions among politicians

British prime minister Boris Johnson.

Stressed societies can consider unconventional responses to whatever crisis unsettles them. Archaeologists tell us ancient societies believed human sacrifice might be a down payment on a good harvest or, maybe, bring a drought to an end.

Though QAnon conspiracy theorists hint that human sacrifice is part and parcel of the lifestyle of America’s liberal leaders, that idea has yet to win purchase in any rational mind.